Japanese Snacks: Chewy Candy

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I gotta admit—when it comes to chewy candies, I was a Starburst kid all the way, but perhaps that's just because I had never tried Hi-Chew. Fruitier, chewier, and a whole lot tastier than their American counterpart, Hi-Chew are to chewy candies what Kasugai Gummies are to gummies.

On the other hand, Poifull are chewy-centered jellybeans with perhaps the cutest, most Roboppy-esque name on the planet.

Click through the slideshow above to see a few more of our favorite chewy Japanese candies.

J. Kenji López-Alt is the Managing Culinary Director of Serious Eats, and author of the James Beard Award-nominated column The Food Lab, where he unravels the science of home cooking. A restaurant-trained chef and former Editor at Cook's Illustrated magazine, his first book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science is a New York Times Best-Seller, the recipient of a James Beard Award, and was named Cookbook of the Year in 2015 by the International Association of Culinary Professionals.

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